Maps Now Show Sunlit Earth, Visualizing Day/Night Around the World
Last month, we released our all-new mapping platform and engine that replaces all the underlying software that makes FlightAware's flight tracking maps on the web. Aside from performance improvements and a a few dozen small bug fixes, most of you probably didn't notice much change.
More importantly, the new mapping platform makes it possible for us to rapidly deploy new, cool features to the maps, so you should expect to see ongoing and frequent updates, improvements, and new features over the coming weeks and months.
Just today, we released an awesome new feature -- sunlit earth. We now shade the map to indicate where it's dawn, day, night, and dusk! It really helps when tracking long-haul flights to understand the time of day around the world and the conditions of the flight.
Here are a couple examples:
You can see that when tracking this flight (Singapore 305 from London to Singapore) it looks great in both the FlightAware Blue (Classic) map and also the satellite imagery. It provides a lot of context about the flight, the origin, and the destination.
We really hope you like the new feature and look forward to many, many more -- soon!
FlightAware Development Team
About FlightAware
FlightAware, a part of Collins Aerospace, is a leading provider of real-time and historical flight information and insights to the global aviation community. FlightAware serves all segments of the aviation marketplace through best-in-class applications and data services that provide comprehensive information about the current and predicted movement of aircraft. Through the collection, interpretation, and enrichment of hundreds of sources of data, including data from FlightAware's own proprietary terrestrial ADS-B network with tens of thousands of receivers spanning seven continents in 200 countries and territories, FlightAware transforms millions of raw flight data elements and delivers them as coherent, easy-to-consume flight stories. As a single source of accurate and actionable data for aviation players large and small, FlightAware is Central to Aviation®.
